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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 75 NE 31
Type of record:	Monument
Name:	Roman Urns found in St Faith's Street, Maidstone

Summary

Romano-British Urns are reported as being found c. A.D. 1850. Two Roman urns were found in St. Faith's Street, Maidstone, while excavating for a building, opposite to the top of what was the Green. Likewise, about twenty years before, a few small urns, were found in digging foundations for four of five houses higher up the street.

Grid Reference:	TQ 7598 5598
Map Sheet:	TQ75NE
Parish:	MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

CINERARY URN (CINERARY URN, Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

BURIAL URN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 75985599]. Romano-British Urns found c. A.D. 1850 [NAT] (1) Two Roman urns found in St. Faith's Street, Maidstone. "A small [Roman] urn or two were found about eight years since, while excavating for a building, in St. Friths Street, opposite to the top of what was the Green. Likewise, about twenty years before, a few small urns, now deposited in the Charles Museum, were found in digging foundations four of five houses higher up the street". (2-3) Pottery from this site cannot be traced in Maidstone Museum. No further information relating to these finds could be obtained. (4)

Additional Information(6,7)

<1> OS 1:1250 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE48176.

<2> Arch 30 1844 535-6 (T Charles) (OS Card Reference). SKE34392.

<3> Arch Cant 1 1858 164 (Beale Poste) (OS Card Reference). SKE34501.

<4> F1 ASP 24.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42250.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 30 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3801.

<6> Lawson-Price Environmental, 1994, Desk based assessment of land around the Fremlins Brewery for Whitbread Development Ltd (Unpublished document). SKE6889.

<7> Lawson-Price Environmental, 1998, Archaeological Desk Based Assessment of Land bounded by Earl Street, Week Street, St.Faith Streets & New Spine Road, Maidstone, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE7289.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>	OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250 1958.
<2>XY	OS Card Reference: Arch 30 1844 535-6 (T Charles). [Mapped feature: #19201 Roman finds, ]
<3>	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 1 1858 164 (Beale Poste).
<4>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 24.02.64.
<5>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 30 - February, 1964.
<6>	Unpublished document: Lawson-Price Environmental. 1994. Desk based assessment of land around the Fremlins Brewery for Whitbread Development Ltd.
<7>	Unpublished document: Lawson-Price Environmental. 1998. Archaeological Desk Based Assessment of Land bounded by Earl Street, Week Street, St.Faith Streets & New Spine Road, Maidstone, Kent.